Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Peter Malcolm Campbell

Robyn Joyce Russell

John Graham Oakeshott

Richard David Newcomb

Thomas Mark Boyce

Tara Sutherland

Alagacone Sriskantha

Victoria Shirley Haritos

Sarah Weisman

Holly Trueman

Jeremy Colin Brownlie

Geoffrey Charles De Quetteville Robin

Charles Claudianos

Kerrie-Ann Smyth

Anthony Gerard Parker

Kerrie-Anne Smyth

Geoffrey Charles Robin

Tara D Sutherland

The present invention provides silk proteins, as well as nucleic acids encoding these proteins. The present invention also provides recombinant cells and/or organisms which synthesize silk proteins. Silk proteins of the invention can be used for a variety of purposes such as in the manufacture of personal care products, plastics, textiles, and biomedical products.

Silk proteins

The present invention provides an isolated DNA molecule encoding Malathion Carboxylesterase capable of hydrolysing at least one organophosphate selected from the group consisting of carboxylester organophosphates and dimethyloxon organophosphates. The DNA molecule comprises a nucleotide sequence having at least 60%, preferably at least 80% and more preferably at least 95% homology with Lc?E 7, in which the protein encoded by the DNA molecule differs from E 3 at least in the substitution of Trip at position 251 with an amino acid selected from the group consisting of Leu, Ser, Ala, Ile, Val, Thr, Cys, Met and Gly. The preferred substituents are Leu and Ser.

Malathion carboxylesterase

The present invention provides an isolated DNA molecule encoding Malathion Carboxylesterase capable of hydrolysing at least one organophosphate selected from the group consisting of carboxylester organophosphates and dimethyloxon organophosphates. The DNA molecule comprises a nucleotide sequence having at least 60%, preferably at least 80% and more preferably at least 95% homology with Lc&agr;E,, in which the protein encoded by the DNA molecule differs from E,at least in the substitution of Trip at position,with an amino acid selected from the group consisting of Leu, Ser, Ala, Ile, Val, Thr, Cys, Met and Gly. The preferred substituents are Leu and Ser.

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